{{Short description|English surgeon}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}} {{Use British English|date=October 2016}} '''Frederick Tyrrell''' or '''Tyrell''' (1793–1843) was an English surgeon.
Tyrrell was assistant surgeon at the London Eye Infirmary in 1820, and Lecturer in anatomy and surgeon to St Thomas's Hospital in 1822. He became Arris & Gale lecturer. He published ''Diseases of the eye'' (1840).<ref>''Concise Dictionary of National Biography'': volume 1 to 1900. Oxford University Press. p. 1325 </ref>
A nephew (by marriage) of Sir Astley Cooper, Tyrrell was one of Thomas Wakley's 'Three Ninnyhammers' whom Wakley accused of medical incompetence.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1824-06-05 |title=ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL. |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0140673602930801 |journal=The Lancet |language=English |volume=2 |issue=36 |pages=314–316 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(02)93080-1 |issn=0140-6736|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Tyrrell was also co-proprietor of the Aldersgate Private Medical Academy (founded 1825) with William Lawrence.
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